Pennod 2 Bywyd y Fet

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-From elderly patients...

-..to those newly born.

-From the domestic...

-..to farm animals.

-She's about six weeks gone.

-The usual clients.

-Well done, puss!

-And the unexpected.

-These are the creatures Wern

-Veterinary Surgeons have to treat.

-The nurses call him Grumpy.

-Who knows what they will face

-when they go to work in the morning.

-He injured his leg yesterday

-jumping out of the pick-up.

-They turn their hand to the old

-techniques as well as the new.

-The work of a vet is never dull.

-If I leave him, the intestines will

-go through the hole and strangulate.

-We'll operate on him

-and repair the hole.

-Good morning, Wern Vets.

-Wern Veterinary Surgeons

-have six sites.

-They treat all kinds of animals

-across North East Wales.

-In this series, we'll experience

-the ups and downs of the Wern vets.

-And we'll have a close look

-at the life of a vet.

-Another happy customer.

-Dyddgu, one of the practice's

-youngest vets...

-..is on familiar ground today.

-Her first call is in Bala,

-her home town.

-She is performing a scan on a pony

-to see if she is in season.

-This pony is about fifteen

-or sixteen years old.

-I'd like to see her

-in foal this year.

-The first step today will be to see

-what her cervix is like...

-..to see if it's softened

-or opened at all...

-..looking for any signs

-that she might be in season...

-..as she's not showing

-any outward signs.

-Then after that

-I will insert a probe.

-Dyddgu is here to take

-a look at the pony's ovaries...

-..as her owner is keen to breed her

-again before she gets too old.

-This pony is very special

-to the family.

-They would very much like

-to get one more foal out of her.

-But the vet has to find out

-when the pony is in season...

-..in order to choose the best

-time to mate her with the stallion.

-There have been no outward signs?

-There have been no outward signs?

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-No, none at all.

-I thought there were yesterday,

-but no, there is nothing obvious.

-When a pony is about

-to come into season...

-..the owner recognises the signs.

-Because she becomes irritable

-and sensitive to touch...

-..and more likely to bite and kick,

-so you have to be careful.

-Can you feel anything?

-The cervix feels very much

-as it did yesterday.

-It hasn't opened up at all.

-The cervix softens

-and starts to open...

-..when the pony is ready

-to receive a stallion.

-No, it's not how you'd expect it

-to be if she was ready to mate.

-To help with the examination, Dyddgu

-wears special scanning glasses...

-..so that she does not have to

-constantly look at the big screen.

-Anything showing?

-Not much more than last time.

-After a detailed examination,

-Dyddgu comes to the conclusion...

-..that the pony is not yet

-ready to ovulate.

-So they must be patient.

-Something may develop.

-I think we should scan her again

-in 48 hours.

-I'll check her cervix again

-and we'll see where she is then.

-We don't want to interfere

-with her too much.

-I think that will be best.

-Okay, I'll put her back in then.

-She had a stallion last year.

-So this year, we're just seeing if

-she's ready for a stallion again.

-We wanted to see

-if she was in season.

-This foal was born on Tuesday

-night, so she is three days old.

-She's a filly.

-You were hoping to get a foal

-from the other one too?

-Yes. Exactly.

-The vet will return in 48 hours

-and scan her again.

-We hope then

-that she will be ovulating...

-..and we can put her

-with the stallion.

-At the practice in Bala,

-Alex has an unexpected patient.

-Today, a dove has come in.

-It's a young one.

-It had been scalped by another bird

-when it was very young.

-At first, it was healing alright...

-..but in recent weeks,

-its head has swollen.

-It's here today

-to be anaesthetised...

-..so that we can lance the abscess

-and assess the situation.

-The important thing to remember

-when handling birds...

-..is to hold their wings so that

-they don't hurt themselves.

-As you can see, he's quite alert.

-You can see that the top of his head

-is swollen to the size of a marble.

-That's what we're concerned about.

-We'll make an incision

-into the back of his head...

-..so we can see what's going on.

-To be honest, I've never operated

-on a bird before.

-It's the first time I've

-done something like this.

-I've read the textbook, so I hope

-everything works out well.

-The first step is

-to put the bird to sleep.

-What we're doing now is

-administering the anaesthetic.

-He's getting a big dose of

-isoflurane to make him sleep.

-Then we'll put a tube down his

-throat to maintain the anaesthesia.

-Over at the Llanrwst surgery,

-the girls are busy in the office...

-..while John looks at

-what's in store for him today.

-The Wern is a mixed practice.

-They treat a wide variety of

-animals, from pets to farm animals.

-Is it a quiet day up to now?

-Is it a quiet day up to now?

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-No. There is plenty to do.

-Half the team will be out

-and the other half will stay here.

-There will be dogs and cats

-and TB testing and ailing cattle.

-There are three or four operations

-taking place here.

-I enjoy the fact

-that every day is different.

-You don't know when you get up

-in the morning what you're in for.

-Having a job where every day

-is the same wouldn't suit me.

-She's definitely female.

-That's it. Good girl!

-It's a good mix of going out to the

-farms and talking to the farmers...

-..and staying here, which is quite

-nice when it's cold and wet.

-I wouldn't say that I would prefer

-one or the other...

-..it's nice to be able

-to do one in the morning...

-..and the other in the afternoon.

-Back in Bala,

-the dove is still not asleep...

-..despite the vets' efforts.

-The next step is

-to put a tracheal tube down.

-That will be the first challenge.

-If we can't do that, we'll have to

-put something over his beak...

-..because obviously

-we can't keep this on...

-..because we have to

-operate on his head.

-Because the mask isn't working...

-..Erica is going to put a special

-tube down the dove's throat...

-..that will pump anaesthetic

-into his lungs.

-It's such a small hole.

-The tube hasn't worked either.

-So they try the mask again,

-using a smaller one.

-With a dog or cat, because they have

-an oesophagus and a trachea...

-..it's obvious that

-you're in the right place.

-We can't see very much here.

-No, he's very small.

-Back in Llanrwst, this is Pawen,

-John's second patient of the day.

-Come here then.

-There we go. She's purring!

-Yes, she's purring.

-A week ago, Pawen's owner brought

-her in for neutering.

-She was spayed about ten days ago.

-It was on the 4th.

-Could you hold her head, please?

-It's just a small stitch.

-Her fur's growing back.

-Her fur's growing back.

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-Yes.

-It's about time. It's getting cold.

-Yes.

-I'm sure they've started pulling.

-They must be itchy.

-That's it.

-That's healed nicely.

-The fur will grow back soon.

-No kittens for you, Pawen.

-Back in your box, good girl!

-Mind your tail!

-You can go home now and keep warm.

-She'll be happy now.

-Thank you very much.

-Goodbye now.

-In Bala, the dove is asleep

-at last.

-I can see now

-that there's a hard lump in there.

-It looks like a lump of pus.

-I need to make the hole big enough

-to squeeze it out.

-That's what come out.

-It's hard pus, but it was fluid to

-begin with and it's solidified.

-As I've made such a big hole...

-..I'll need to close it up

-..with one or two stitches.

-To make the hole smaller.

-How's the anaesthetic going?

-How's the anaesthetic going?

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-It's okay.

-Good. Just oxygen now.

-What we've done is to put two

-stitches at the top of the incision.

-To close up the hole,

-but leaving a gap at the bottom...

-..so that if there's more bacteria

-there...

-..it will drain away.

-This procedure is fairly

-straightforward.

-The anaesthetic was the tricky bit.

-Erica's done a good job.

-Well, it was difficult.

-Oh! Hello!

-He's a bit groggy.

-We'll give him some pain relief.

-We won't give him antibiotics

-because it was an abscess.

-Cutting it out was enough.

-There's no risk

-of it becoming systemic.

-I'm sure he'll have

-a bit of a headache.

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-John has had to leave the surgery

-in Llanrwst to go to Abergele...

-..to see a calf with an injured leg.

-He's broken the bottom half

-of his leg.

-This joint is crooked.

-I'll have to x-ray it

-to see what he's done.

-I'll probably put fibreglass

-on his leg, like a splint.

-Because Wern runs six practices,

-the vets have to be flexible.

-They move from one surgery

-to another as required.

-Taking an x-ray of an animal

-as large as a calf isn't easy.

-Mike, another staff member...

-..has devised a way of using

-a mobile x-ray machine...

-..which allows him to x-ray

-the leg with little difficulty.

-There we are.

-This is a picture of the calf's leg.

-He's broken this joint.

-These are his hooves.

-There are three bones,

-like three fingers.

-He's broken a bone

-in his growth plate.

-It's from there the bone grows.

-He's obviously stumbled and half

-dislocated and half broken it.

-There's a small fragment

-of bone there.

-In another part

-of this busy building...

-..Emma and Nel are operating

-on a bitch called Titch...

-..who is being neutered today.

-Natasha monitors the dog

-during the operation.

-This dog is called Titch.

-She's ten years old.

-The owner came in yesterday...

-..and said that the dog was unwell

-and not eating or drinking.

-She had a temperature

-and some discharge...

-..because she had

-a pyometra infection.

-So her womb is full of pus.

-When Titch came to the surgery, her

-owner didn't know what was wrong.

-After examining her carefully...

-..Emma realised that she would need

-emergency surgery...

-..to remove the womb

-as soon as possible.

-If we don't remove the uterus,

-it will be fatal.

-The dog can't survive with an

-infection like that in her uterus.

-There are some nasty toxins

-in there.

-Antibiotics can't treat

-an infection like this...

-..because the uterus is so big.

-After removing the womb and ovaries,

-Emma begins the stitching process.

-The operation went well.

-I'm very happy.

-Sometimes it's difficult

-because of the fat in the abdomen.

-There is some blood,

-but the operation went well.

-It's very important

-to give the dog...

-..intravenous fluids and

-antibiotics.

-I hope that she'll be well

-after this operation.

-The owner is very worried about her.

-I have to telephone him...

-..to tell him

-that the operation went well.

-She has a nice owner. She gets

-lots of tender loving care at home.

-Lift his back end.

-After x-raying the calf's leg, John

-has given him a jab to sedate him.

-So that he can put something on the

-leg to keep the bone in place.

-We need a nurse to help now.

-Let it straighten. That's it.

-It's straight again now.

-We'll put a splint on his leg now to

-keep it straight for 3 or 4 weeks.

-The advantage of a splint is that we

-can remove it after a short time...

-..examine the joint

-to make sure it's healing...

-..and then replace the splint.

-He'll sleep for about an hour now.

-When he wakes up, he'll feel a bit

-strange with this on his leg.

-At the same time, the farmer will

-have to keep him in a pen...

-..with his mother so that

-he doesn't run around the field.

-The leg has to be kept dry too.

-So the bone has temporarily

-knitted?

-No, the bone hasn't knitted.

-It's been put back in place.

-How often do you see a calf

-with a broken bone like this?

-Quite often. Sometimes their bones

-get broken during birth.

-They pull them out

-a bit too firmly sometimes.

-That's quite common.

-But more often than not...

-..they've been accidentally

-trampled on by the cow.

-Sometimes they catch their foot

-in a gate.

-We see about one a month.

-Considering how many of them are out

-there, it's not that many.

-We'll put some Gorilla tape over it.

-We'll remove the splint

-in ten days...

-..make sure that the bone is mending

-and that there are no sores

-Then we'll replace the splint

-for ten days to a fortnight.

-Because he's so young,

-the bones knit quite quickly.

-In Llanuwchllyn...

-..the dove is back home

-with his owner, Elfyn Llwyd.

-The former MP.

-Young cockerels

-seem to have an urge...

-..to go after chicks

-and peck at their heads.

-That's what happened to this bird.

-Then this large growth

-appeared on his head.

-It was very unsightly and I wasn't

-sure what to do about it.

-What I noticed was

-that the bird was a fighter.

-He was still eating well.

-The vet told me straight...

-..that the bird only had a 30%

-chance of surviving the operation.

-I just told him to do his best.

-You can't ask for more than that.

-I was delighted when I heard that

-the operation had been a success.

-Some people wondered

-why I didn't have him put to sleep.

-But you don't do that to a bird

-who wants to live.

-That's what vets are for.

-I can only praise the skills of the

-vet. I am very grateful to him.

-Can one of you three

-think of a name?

-The granddaughters are delighted

-that the dove is home safely.

-This little bird was very ill.

-He had a lump on his head.

-The vet in Bala made him better.

-Can any of you think of a name?

-Meringues.

-Meringues?

-What do you think, Anni?

-The same as Lisa because it's funny.

-Meringues.

-Meringues wound has healed.

-His feathers have grown back.

-Seeing how spruce the dove is...

-..you wouldn't believe he'd had

-surgery just a week ago.

-Titch looks very cosy as she regains

-consciousness after her operation.

-The calf can put weight on his hind

-legs with the help of the splint.

-Next week...

-..a barn full of Labradors is born.

-I had a word with the vet at

-the Wern, then took her down...

-..and she had to have a Caesarean.

-We have a litter of ten puppies.

-A pregnant sow has difficulty

-standing up.

-She has arthritis in her elbows.

-She has trouble walking.

-It's time to say goodbye to Nel

-for the time being.

-It's nice to have a party...

-..and get everyone together

-outside work.

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